Ali Miraj

Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant, Ali Miraj currently works as a Director in Infrastructure Finance at a leading European financial institution.

He was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the marginal seat of Watford at the 2005 General Election. Prior to that he contested the 2001 General Election in Aberavon, South Wales and served as a Councillor (London Borough of Hillingdon) from 1998-2002 having been elected at the age of 23.

He has been a governor of two schools and served as an adviser to the Conservative Foreign Affairs Team from 2001-2003.

He has presented the Islam Channel’s flagship political programme, “In Focus” and has been a regular contributor to the media on domestic political issues and foreign affairs.

He served as a Board Member of both the Conservative Party’s Policy Commissions on Quality of Life and International and National Security (2005-2007).

He was a Trustee of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (2009 - 2014), a Director of the UK Board of the Abraham Fund Initiatives (2008 – 2013), a charity based in Israel that fosters co-operation between Jews and Arabs through grassroots projects, and is an ambassador for the charity “War Child”.

He has served on the Main Committee of the London Society Chartered Accountants and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers and a Freeman of the City of London.

Educated at Haberdashers Aske’s School for Boys, Elstree, he went on to the London School of Economics where he obtained degrees at both graduate and postgraduate level and also read Modern Political Philosophy at Harvard.

His interests include writing, the theatre and DJing He is resident DJ at "Decks And The City" - a monthly night in Shoreditch which he established to showcase the hidden talent of City workers who play House music.